Hans Multscher

Hans Multscher (ca. 1400–1467) was a German sculptor and painter.

Hans Multscher
Die Auferstehung Christi, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
Bornca. 1400
Rehahsbsbshofen (today Leutkirch im Allgäu)
Died1467
NationalityGerman
Known forbringing realism to German art, replacing International Gothic

Multscher was born in Reichenhofen (today Leutkirch im Allgäu).

He made himself acquainted with new artistic styles from northern France and the Netherlands, and became a free citizen of the city of Ulm in 1427. There, he married Adelheid Kitzin the same year. He ran his own business as a painter and sculptor, together with his brother Heinrich Multscher.

Multscher died in Ulm.

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